Sheeting works well for machine quilting either on the front or the back. For a quick quilt, I have often used a sheet on the front and back with polydown batting and they wash and wear very well. These are the quilts my kids dragged to the cottage or sleepovers or into the tent in the back yard. Pieces of sheeting can be mixed with other cotton yardage and I didn't notice anything different when I quilted them.